Daniel Craig: Watch 'Skyfall' Title Sequence feat. Adele!

Daniel Craig arrives on a flight at Sydney International Airport on Thursday (November 15) in Australia.

The 44-year-old actor is in town for the premiere of his new James Bond flick Skyfall down under.

Skyfall opened in theaters in the U.S. this past weekend and broke records to have the highest grossing opening weekend for any Bond film in history. It has even crossed the $100 million mark already and the $500 million mark internationally.

In case you want to rewatch the awesome title sequence featuring Adele‘s song “Skyfall” – check it out below!

When his family tree was traced, it was found out that the actor has connection to the bird expert through John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster.
Turns out Daniel Craig really has a James Bond blood running through his veins. Genealogy website Ancestry.com has retraced the actor’s ancestors and found out that he is related to the bird expert James Bond, whose name author Ian Fleming took as the main character of his first novel “Casino Royale”.

Unlike in the movies, the real-life Bond is not an international spy. Fleming who is also an avid bird watcher, said in 1962, “When I was casting around for a name for my protagonist I thought by God, [James Bond] is the dullest name I ever heard.” And thus he used it to create “an extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things happened.”

By chance, Craig is related to the late Bond through John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, who is also the son of King Edward III of England. “While we were researching Daniel Craig’s family history, we noticed that some of the names and places in his tree resembled names from James Bond’s tree. We discovered a fascinating connection between him and the actual bird-watching James Bond through English royalty,” says Michelle Ercanbrack, Ancestry.com’s family historian.

In fact, Craig is also related to the Queen of England and Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury. “The great thing about family history is you never know what you might find,” Ercanbrack added.

Jess

Daniel looks absolutely gorgeous and dapper as always.

Jane

Daniel Craig is so sexy. Take me honey!!!

Amy

@Julia:
I thought he cut short his hair for the role.. but it doesn’t seem so. Maybe Rachel prefers his crew cut to his long hair. :)

Chelsea

I’m actually kind of sad that the opening sequence was posted online while the movie still playing in theatres. For me, it was such an experience to watch the opening on the big screen especially because it was unexpected of how it was presented. I was in awe of all the beautiful visuals and it was probably THE best opening I’ve ever seen in a movie. So for people who haven’t seen the movie yet, watching the sequence online takes away that film experience of sitting in a dark theatre with your attention focused only on that in front of you. Well, at least that’s my opinion…

And Skyfall, the 44-year-old Brit’s third outing as the world’s best-loved superspy, is set to become the highest-grossing film in the franchise’s 50-year history,

But Craig was playing it as cool as his on-screen alter ego when he flew into Sydney airport yesterday, ahead of the film’s Australian premiere at the State Theatre tonight.

Clearly, there was no need for flashy entrances.

The taciturn actor slipped with a minimum of fuss into the black BMW that was waiting to whisk him off to the Intercontinental Hotel, where he was joined by Bond girls Naomie Harris and Bérénice Marlohe.
Skyfall has broken records for the James Bond franchise wherever it has been released.

The film nabbed the biggest US opening ever for a 007 movie at the weekend with a whopping $87.8 million in ticket sales (Quantum of Solace debuted to a series-best $67.5 million in mid-November 2008, and Casino Royale — marking Craig’s first turn as 007 – opened to $40.8 million in November 2006.)
In the UK, the Sam Mendes-directed film has just passed Titanic as the highest-grossing 2D film ever.

It is expected to perform just as well in Australia when it opens here on Thursday.

The secret to Skyfall’s success, according to exhibitors, is Craig’s gender neutral bias.
“Women love him. Men love the action,” said Samantha Philp, national film promotions and partnership manager at Event Cinemas.

Even seven-time Bond Roger Moore has given Craig the official stamp of approval, calling him the best Bond ever..

“I thought Casino Royale was tremendous,” he told Time magazine.

“To me, he looks like a killer. He looks as though he knows what he’s doing. I look as though I might cheat at backgammon.”

Lee

Daniel is pure sex!!
he makes a pretty good James Bond.

Guinness

Yey Fio–back at work. Saves me alot of time on the web.
And dammmmnnn Dan–down under?
Down under me.
wow.
Down under you. down. just down. an dundunger…cant feele meyfingers….
seeing the Bond again are you? it is a nice dream. it is bluddy fun. I seriously like the “Q” meeting. Ya know what? I like all the scenes. will it come out in time for x-mas presents? —that is your next mission, Fio, if you choose to accept it!! (thx for the other reply research–you do well.) AND Dan will make a set amount of profit—not contingent upon how much DVD sales are? wow. he needs a new lawyer. or maybe not–if that is what he wants. but Barb doesn’t negotiate any “backend” profits–doesn’t even put it on the table? (she is american, si? she may be a Tory too. hhhhmmmmm) And she protects her money, I mean, her Bond Daniel. Interesting.
but he does get boners, I mean buonuses corp, i mean crap, i wrote the woring wronng word and cnat stomp thingknig about dan’s bonessssss……
ur welcome mendle.
mendlea. medle, mendoll…
cheeekcy brit

Guinness

BTW—-IMO, of course, Seriously, Adele’s song is best heard in the theater with HUGE speakers, Dan floating across the screen with gun in hand (ohhhhh), and maybe with some Herb (see the movie in the US states that passed this law!!). Otherwise, it just doesnt get me interested. its over rated because she is popular right now. which is the idea of all the …..nevermind.

AND—Spock is hot. He is for the other team, but when he is dressed as Spock…something is just so hot about him. (can Dan do a cameo??? he could spark the Trek movie to getting more $$$$! The Enterprise can fall into a worm hole and steal Bond’s mojo in order to gain power to go back…..oh, wait, nevermind.)

The ‘Skyfall’ actor claimed to have been a ‘terror’ when he was a youngster and was purely focused on chasing girls for sex rather than find romance with his first love.

“You want this nice, lovely image of me having my first kiss with hearts sparkling in the background? All I wanted to do was get in the girl’s knickers,” Daniel admitted to Rolling Stone magazine.

“I’ve been kissing girls, like stolen kisses in playgrounds…, for as long as I can remember. But when puberty hit, my head exploded.”

It seems things haven’t changed much as the 44-year-old recently caused a stir when he revealed he would choose Rihanna over Beyonce to star as a Bond girl.

During the video interview with Global Grind, Daniel was asked who he would want as a Bond girl out of Beyonce and Rihanna. It didn’t take him long to say he would choose the Bajan ‘Diamonds’ singer, simply stating, “She’s dirtier,” as his reason.

The James Bond star has tamed in recent years, currently happily married to actress Rachel Weisz, whom he wed in 2011.

Jessie

I’ve never cared for the Bond series and have only seen one with Daniel Craig, but this one looks awesome, a must see. Love the song.

Mary

i really can’t decide which is the better film; Casino Royale or Skyfall. they are both so good. Daniel is brilliant as James Bond. as for Adele, nothing would make me happier if were nominated for an Oscar for best song.

Guinness

holy carp crap! Thx Fio. I recently subscribed to RS—I should call them cuz I didnt get this one!!!
And Dan sounds like a normal testosteronie boy into a man. The only thing I am glad about being a woman and not a man is those wonderful times in boys puberty where their winkledoodoo could go up or down depending upon the wind current or something he ate, or a graze, or gaze for that matter. I have heard horror stories (or have used my prowess for effect) about guys not wanting to get out of their seats during biology class…. or not remembering what their dream was about but he is soaked up to his neck in something….hell, forget about puberty—some still can’t “control” it. But thanks for sharing Dan and thanks for posting Fio!!

Other quick thoughts…
1. He mentions his manhood (whew whew whew) in a lot of interviews, for example, How long is it? DC–you mean the movie?? snarky smirk.
2. anything tatooed? you mean my c0ck?…..
3. He really gets into doing romantic scenes–even done a 3some…wow can he do those scenes…my fav still is hotel Splendid…..and he drapes his thigh over her and we can see his muschelscss and the otheonrr wonce….
4. He is very physical….when he shakes hands, notice both arms and hands…. he laughs with his abdominal muscles… ok. i am gettign ahead of mysoef….. a head….aaaaaahhhhhhhh
5. i always said he has a career in p0rn if this acting for real doesn’t work out for him. although, that would be icky,,,,he is too fourplayish to just be a pool boy and go at it. Not that i have seennn anyy….
6. and—-he was taken by an older woman, right? or was that in a song and i am mixing the two stories??
WHO CARES!!!
thx Fio. Hi Mendel–you land yet?

fat azz Pork Azz

the reason people don’t really like him is b/c he really is just average looking and the other thing is he is just another hollywood puppet using gratuitous violence to hold viewer’s attention. its cheap, its lame and it’s irresponsible to no end. sorry but its true ! the only thing american society likes is violence and puppets !